Seatless valve



April 20, 1954 s. A. JACQUES SEATLESS VALVE Filed Dec. 26, 1950 IN V EN TOR.

Cfiiorrz eys Patented Apr. 20, 1954 SEATLESS VALVE Stanley A. Jacques, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Askania Regulator Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois ApplicationDecember 26, 1950, Serial No. 202,731

3 Claims. (01. 137-62548) The present invention relates to a two-Way hydraulic valve, and especially one that has a valve body connected to a solenoid for movement to one of its two positions and that is biased by spring means toward its other position. In actual experience with valves of this type wherein the movable valve body contacted an end opening valve seat at one limit of its movement, it was found that excessive valve seat wear resulted from a hammering action resulting from valve body movement.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a hammerless Valve arrangement for operation in one direction by a solenoid and in the opposite direction by a biasing spring. Another object is to provide a highly specialized arrangement of such a valve for high-pressure service of the order of upward of 500 pounds per square Aligned bores 20 in main body 6 and valve part 16 communicate with a pocket ZI in valve part II. Annular recesses 22 and 23 are provided respectively in the surface of valve part is that lies adjacent the inner end of bore I and the sur face of valve part I! that contacts the second surface of valve part I6, and these recesses respectively communicate with pockets I9, 2I.

' Central bores 24 extend through. valve parts It inch and which valve is so arranged as to prevent binding by an unbalanced or unsymmetrical exertion of the pressure on the movable valve body.

In the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 respectively are longitudinal median sections through a valve arrangement in accordance with the invention and respectively showing the valve and its operating systems in the two conditions in the valve.

Fig. 3 is an end plan as shown by line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section on line I4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlargement of the central portion of Fig. 4.

The valve arrangement of the present invention comprises a body portion 6 that encloses a large bore portion 1, and a valve body bore portion 8 concentric with bore I and terminating in a port 9. A combination solenoid and bias spring unit is assembled with body 6, such unit comprising a casing, a coil I I] mounted in the casing and wound on a spool II, wherein is slidable a solenoid armature I2. A bias spring I3 is arranged inside spool I I for moving the armature !2 to its limit position opposite that to which it is moved by energization of coil I 0.

A valve body I5 is rigidly secured to armature I2 in concentric relation to the latter and extended axially from it in the direction of force exerted by bias spring I3.

Inside the main large bore I is a first stationary valve part I6 and a second stationary valve part II these parts being mounted in successive order in bore I.

A passage I8 extends through main body 6 and registers with a pocket I9 in valve part I6.

and I! and register with bore 8 of main body 6 and are of the same size asthe latter to form with the latter a continuous bore of uniform diameter. Valve body I6 is axially movable in this valve bore. I

The port 9 at the end of bore 8 is the common port that is selectively connectible with either recess 22 and passage I8, or with recess 23 and passage 26, by movement of valve body I5 to its two positions. To this end valve body I5 is provided with annular or circumferentially extended recesses 25, 26 that respectively are registrable with recess 22 when body I5 is in one of its positions and with recess 23 when valve body I5 is in its other position. A longitudinal passage 21 is provided in body I5 in eccentric relation to its axis, this passage 21 by its eccentricity opening through the recesses 25, 26. This arrangement of an eccentric passage and circumferential recesses, or grooves 25, 26, opening into it avoids complex and difiicult manufacturing procedures that would have to be employed were passage 21 concentric with body I5, and additionally providing a substantial body strength. The employment of port recesses 23 completely surrounding the valve bore, and the employment of the circumferential valve body recesses 25, 26, provide a completely balanced condition of valve body I5 that avoids its being thrust against a side of the valve bore that would result were ports to be arranged to occupy limited areas at one side of the valve body.

The valve also is balanced against disturbing effect of high-fluid pressure at port 9 and effective axiallly upon body I5. This balance is provided by a reduced end portion 30 of valve body that extends from a third circumferential recess 3| of body I5 that communicates with passage 21, to the adjacent end of body I5. Armature I2 is sufficiently loose inside spool I I to permit fluid to escape from valve bore 24 to the end of the armature opposite that to which valve body I5 is attached. This provides a straightthrough connection between port 9 and the remote end of armature I2 and equal pressures are applied to opposite ends of the movable part of the valve assembly. The spool is securely blocked against fluid leakage, a stopper 32 being sealed into the end of the spool and threaded into the housing.

It will be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 that the upper stationary valv part I! is provided with a recess 33 into which the end of the armature I2 is movable under the force exerted by bias spring I3. The inner end surface of this recess serves as a stop to position the valve body and armature assembly with recess 25 registered with recess 22. The opposite end of armature I2 is stopped by the inner end surface of stopper 32 when the solenoid is energized to move the armature and valve body to its second position wherein recess 26 is registered with recess 23.

It will now be evident that an essential feature of the valve is the provision of the casing structure with port-form recesses that completely surround the valve bore and that are spaced for independent connection with the common port 9. The provision of the valve body with preferential recesses such as 25, 26, provides for effective establishment of this communication. The particular port for recess arrangement of the valve body may obviously vary considerably from that disclosed, for example, by providing a single port that can be registered with either of the stationary recesses by appropriate positioning of the valve body. The formation of the recesses that provide the stationary ports as annular recesses in the ends of valve bore forming inserts additionally is a very convenient feature of the valve.

I claim:

1. A multiway valve comprising casing structur provided with a valve bore, a common port that opens into one end of said bore and a pair of port-forming recesses spaced along said bore from said port, and a valve body reciprocally in said bore, said body enclosing a longitudinal passage that opens through the body and adjacent said port, a pair of recesses each extended completely about the valve body in axial spacing different from that of said casing structure recesses and for selective registration of only one of the former with one of the latter at one time, said valve body having also reduced portion at the end opposite the one through which said passage opens and providing a recess extended completely about the periphery of said body and inward from its end, and each of said body recesses being in communication with said passage.

2. A multiway valve in accordance with claim 1, wherein said passage is eccentric relative to the axis of said body, and each of said body recesses is of uniform depth throughout its extent and intersect said eccentric passage.

3. A valve body comprising an elongate element having therein only a single longitudinal passage, said passage being eccentric relative to the central longitudinal axis of said body, and said body having a recess of uniform depth extended completely about the periphery of the body and intersecting said passage.

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